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Standard suicide front

Armada Suicide front build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's standard play: bot lab first, Rocketeer/Centurion/Pawn based force pushes into the middle to contest and hold it until T2 arrives.

Usually lab first (63%)

#rush #push · 1326 distinct matches · 131 players · 71% of Armada Suicide front games · team won 59% of 1571 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:20

  1. Open with mex and wind, drop Bot Lab immediately.
  2. Push out first "Centurion" as Pond's boost lands.
  3. Send "Rocketeer", "Centurion", "Pawn" mix to contest middle.
  4. Add Dragon's Teeth and Sentries to hold the line.
  5. Get Advanced Metal Extractor up as T2 nears.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1326 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Bot Lab first

    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab done ~0:20, middle half 0:20–0:33

    Some games also: mex (37%)

  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor5Mex
    • Wind Turbine4Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    Army
    • Sentry4 Sentry
    • Rocketeer17 Rocketeer
    • Tick2 Tick
    • Centurion1 Centurion
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: con turret (35%) · pawn (33%)

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 4 wind

    The example game in this phase · 38 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. SentrySentry
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. Mex
    5. CenturionCenturion
    6. Mex
    7. SentrySentry
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Mex
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. SentrySentry
    15. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    16. SentrySentry
    17. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    18. SentrySentry
    19. RocketeerRocketeer ×6
    20. TickTick
    21. RocketeerRocketeer
    22. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    23. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    24. Mex
    25. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    26. Mex
    27. RocketeerRocketeer ×2
    28. SentrySentry
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    32. Energy storage
    33. SentrySentry
    34. RocketeerRocketeer
    35. OverwatchOverwatch
    36. RocketeerRocketeer
    37. Mex
    38. RocketeerRocketeer
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine17Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Lazarus2 Lazarus
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry
    • Rocketeer8 Rocketeer
    • Pawn1 Pawn

    Some games also: tick (48%) · Radar Tower (46%) · energy storage (46%) · centurion (45%) · Beamer (39%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 23 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 179 steps
    1. RocketeerRocketeer
    2. Con turret
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. BeamerBeamer
    5. Construction BotCon bot
    6. BeamerBeamer
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. LazarusLazarus
    9. Construction BotCon bot
    10. TickTick
    11. RocketeerRocketeer
    12. Aircraft PlantAircraft Plantdone 6:44
    13. RocketeerRocketeer
    14. Wind
    15. RocketeerRocketeer
    16. Con turret
    17. Wind
    18. Mex
    19. StorkLight transport
    20. RocketeerRocketeer
    21. OspreyHeavy transport
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. RocketeerRocketeer
    25. Con turret
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. Con turret
    29. TickTick
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind
    32. PawnPawn
    33. Wind
    34. PawnPawn
    35. Wind
    36. PawnPawn
    37. Con turret
    38. GauntletGauntletdone 8:41
    39. PawnPawn
    40. Wind
    41. PawnPawn
    42. Energy storage
    43. Wind ×4
    44. Energy storage
    45. Wind ×3
    46. Con turret
    47. Wind
    48. Converter ×2
    49. NettleNettle ×2
    50. Wind
    51. NettleNettle
    52. Wind
    53. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:38 · typical 9:36
    54. ChainsawChainsaw
    55. Wind ×3
    56. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    57. Wind ×2
    58. BeamerBeamer
    59. Wind ×3
    60. Converter
    61. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    62. Wind ×2
    63. Converter ×2
    64. Wind
    65. Converter
    66. Wind ×4
    67. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    68. Wind ×3
    69. NettleNettle
    70. Wind
    71. Converter
    72. NettleNettle
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. NettleNettle
    76. Wind ×2
    77. NettleNettle
    78. Wind ×2
    79. NettleNettle
    80. Wind ×2
    81. Converter
    82. Wind
    83. NettleNettle
    84. Converter
    85. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:57
    86. Wind ×5
    87. CenturionCenturion
    88. Wind ×3
    89. Converter
    90. CenturionCenturion
    91. Wind ×2
    92. Converter
    93. CenturionCenturion
    94. Wind ×2
    95. Converter
    96. CenturionCenturion
    97. Wind
    98. Converter
    99. Wind ×5
    100. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    101. Wind ×4
    102. Converter
    103. Wind ×2
    104. Converter
    105. Wind ×4
    106. Converter
    107. Wind
    108. Converter
    109. Wind ×7
    110. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    111. Wind ×2
    112. Con turret
    113. Converter
    114. Wind
    115. Converter
    116. Wind ×4
    117. Con turret
    118. Wind ×3
    119. Converter
    120. ChainsawChainsaw
    121. Converter
    122. Wind ×4
    123. ChainsawChainsaw
    124. Wind ×2
    125. BeamerBeamer
    126. Construction BotCon bot
    127. Wind ×2
    128. Converter
    129. Wind
    130. ChainsawChainsaw
    131. Wind
    132. Converter
    133. Wind
    134. BeamerBeamer
    135. Wind
    136. BeamerBeamer ×2
    137. Wind
    138. BeamerBeamer ×2
    139. ChainsawChainsaw
    140. BeamerBeamer
    141. Converter
    142. Wind
    143. CenturionCenturion
    144. Wind
    145. Converter
    146. Wind
    147. Con turret
    148. Wind ×6
    149. GauntletGauntlet
    150. Wind
    151. Con turret
    152. Wind ×2
    153. Converter
    154. CenturionCenturion
    155. Wind
    156. BeamerBeamer
    157. Wind
    158. Converter
    159. Wind
    160. Converter
    161. Pit BullPit Bull
    162. Wind
    163. BeamerBeamer
    164. Wind
    165. Converter
    166. Wind
    167. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    168. Wind
    169. BeamerBeamer
    170. Wind ×2
    171. CenturionCenturion
    172. Wind ×6
    173. BeamerBeamer
    174. Wind ×2
    175. Converter
    176. Con turret
    177. Wind
    178. Converter
    179. BeamerBeamer

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Dad_The_Speedrunner's (35 OS, 02/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · in 59% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1571 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0022600
2:0088900
3:002049180106
4:003158659496
5:00424314191026
6:00543522981789
7:00667231662707
8:00793040293617
9:00931747894497
10:001070654215319
11:001226558996054
12:001410765156819
13:001623170197525
14:001811476998340
15:002044183169228
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard suicide front play wins slightly more than half its games with fast kills but also fast losses, matching the raw grind of the role.

  • + First kill lands by 2:04 in all games
  • + Metal produced reaches 19882 by 15:00
  • − Own metal lost hits 9208 by 15:00, near metal destroyed of 8172
  • − First unit lost as early as 2:08 in every game
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Dad_The_Speedrunner

35.2 OS · 02/10/2026

Open source match ↗

13 received units · includes a constructor
88 metal received · 146212 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:20Middle 50%: 0:20–0:33 · n=1564
Advanced Metal Extractor9:36Middle 50%: 8:42–10:48 · n=1162

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